Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.
Raimund Schelcher
as Krummer Anton
Erika Dunkelmann
as Marthe
Karla Runkehl
as Annegret
Erwin Geschonneck
as estate inspector Bröker
Harry Hindemith
as Kalle Buddenboom
Helga Göring
as Christel Sikura
Wilhelm Puchert
as Jens Voss
Angelika Hurwicz
as Hede
Dieter Perlwitz
as Klimm
Hans Finohr
as old Sikura
Marga Legal
as Elisabeth Bröker
Lotte Loebinger
as old Sikura
